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Viewing and Exporting Submissions

After a Spreadsheet Form is submitted, you can view the completed spreadsheet in read-only mode and export it as an XLSX file.

Viewing a Submission

  1. Go to My Submissions, Submission History, or the relevant workflow action
  2. Find the submission in the list
  3. Click to open it
  4. Click Full view or Open Full View to view the spreadsheet

The read-only viewer shows the submitted spreadsheet snapshot with all stored sheets and submitted values.

What the Viewer Preserves

The viewer preserves compatible spreadsheet details, including:

  • Sheet names
  • Submitted cell values
  • Supported column widths
  • Supported styles
  • Supported merged cells
  • Bound cell highlights
  • Submitter, submitted date, and status metadata when available

The viewer does not allow editing.

Exporting as XLSX

In the read-only viewer, click Export as XLSX.

The exported workbook:

  • Creates one Excel worksheet per submitted sheet
  • Uses the submitted sheet names
  • Preserves supported column widths
  • Preserves supported merged cells
  • Preserves supported fill color, text color, font size, bold, alignment, and compatible border styling
  • Exports Number, Currency, Percentage, and Date formats as compatible Excel values where possible
  • Applies data protection masks where the current user is not allowed to see protected cells

Formula Export Safety

OSPROV protects bound field values from formula injection during XLSX export.

Value TypeExport Behavior
Bound number fieldsExported as numbers
Bound date fieldsExported as Excel dates
Bound text-like values beginning with =, +, or @Exported as safe strings with a leading quote
Unbound static cells beginning with =Can be exported as Excel formulas

Use formulas for template or calculation cells, not for user-entered bound text fields.

Data Protection

OSPROV data protection can mask spreadsheet cells in snapshots. When a user is not allowed to see a protected field:

  • The protected cell is masked in the viewer
  • The protected cell is masked in XLSX export
  • Action flows preserve the original protected value instead of saving the mask text back into the real submission

Query Builder and Submission Lists

Every named spreadsheet cell becomes available as a submission column.

Spreadsheet Field TypeQuery Behavior
NumberNumber-like query behavior
DateDate or datetime-like query behavior
DropdownSelect-like query behavior
TextText-like query behavior

Only named cells are extracted into submission data. Unbound cells remain part of the visual document snapshot but are not exposed as named report fields.

  • Read-only viewer — review the submitted layout inside OSPROV
  • XLSX export — keep an offline spreadsheet copy or share the submitted layout outside OSPROV
  • Submission lists and Query Builder — report on named field values, not every cell in the spreadsheet snapshot